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THE GAZETTE
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Vol. XII, No. 7.]
January, 1919.
T FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council
December 4th.
Twenty-seven members were present.
Election of President and Vice-Presidents
The Council elected Mr. Robert G. Warren
to the office of President of the Society, and
Mr. William T, Sheridan and-Mr. John H.
Callan to the office of Vice-Presidents of the
Society for-the year ending 26th November,
1919.
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Increment Value Duty
A letter was read from a country member,
stating that when applying upon behalf of a
lessor, who is resident out of Ireland, to have
the I.. V, D- stamp affixed, he had been
requested to give an undertaking on behalf
of' the lessor for payment of the Duty. A
reply was directed drawing the member's
attention to Sec. 4 (3) (b) of the Finance
(1909-10) Act, 1910, under which the Com
missioners can require security to be given,
but the Council intimated that the Solicitor
cannot be compelled to personally give such
security.
Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900
In reply to a letter from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, it was resolved to
state that the Council agree to the suggested
revocation of the existing Orders applying
the Colonial Solicitors Act to the Cape of
Good Hope, Natal and the Transvaal, and to
the issue of a new Order applying the Act
to the entire Union of South Africa, the laws
of which Colony permit the admission of
Irish Solicitors without examination.
Publication of Statutes
In reply to a letter from Sir Courtenay
Ilbert, the Chairman of the Statute Law
Committee, it was resolved to state that in
the opinion of the Council it would be
desirable, instead of issuing the volume of
Statutes for each Session, to issue an annual
volume for each calendar year irrespective of
the length of the Parliamentary Session, and
that it would be.-also desirable _tp numbe.r-'
the Statutes by reference "to the_.y,ear_ in;
which they are passed. -
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Twenty-four members were present.
War Memorial
The Council resolved that it be referred to '
the Privileges Committee to consider and
report to the Council upon the matter of a
Memorial to perpetuate the memory of those
Irish Solicitors and Apprentices to Irish
Solicitors who lost their lives in Naval or
Military Service during-the War.
Debt Collecting Circular
A letter was read from a country member,
enclosing a printed form of letter received
by a client from a firm of Debt Collectors
demanding payment of a debt and a sum for
expenses. There was not in the letter any
expression used which would convey the
impression that it was issued by a firm of
Solicitors, and
the Council having been
advised by Counsel, in reference to the issue
of letters couched in similar terms on previous
o casions, that the senders had not rendered
themselves liable to penalties under Section
53 of the Solicitors (Ireland) Act, 1898, it
was decided in this case to inform the member